News tagged with climatology

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Green is cool, but US land changes generally are not

Nov 02, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Most land use changes occurring in the continental U.S result in raised regional surface temperatures, says a new study by scientists at the University of Maryland, Purdue University and the University of ...

Study predicts effect of global warming on spring flowers

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Sep 17, 2009 | 2.6 / 5 (5) | 0

An international study involving Monash University mathematician Dr Malcolm Clark has been used to demonstrate the impact of global warming and to predict the effect further warming will have on plant life.

Computer model documents the history of the West Antarctic ice sheet

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Aug 28, 2009 | 3.4 / 5 (10) | 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- One major threat of planetary warming is the melting of the great polar ice sheets, and the resulting rise in global sea level. Particularly worrisome to researchers is the fragility of the ...

West Antarctic ice comes and goes, rapidly

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Mar 18, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (16) | 8

Researchers today worry about the collapse of West Antarctic ice shelves and loss of the West Antarctic ice sheet, but little is known about the past movements of this ice. Now climatologists from Penn State ...

Floods to become commonplace by 2080

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Jan 08, 2009 | 2.4 / 5 (16) | 11

Flooding like that which devastated the North of England last year is set to become a common event across the UK in the next 75 years, new research has shown.